$40 DIY Lemur

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

wow, jay. calm down. How big do you think this hive really is?

I doubt that the lemur for $2500 has sold to that many people outside  
of unis and Daft Punk.

I think if these guys who put a a brillliant machine together (if you  
have used a multi-touch lemur and the very pleasant editor software,  
you will know what I mean) sold just a few more licences to other  
companies, they get a bit of what they deserve.

I don't subscribe to the notion that every idea should be put on the  
web for free in the hopes that the bright people who had the idea  
should try to get paid by traveling the world, holding lectures at  
conventions instead of selling the idea as a product that enables  
people to do things that were impossible before.

I also think it's great that there are things like PD, the "$40  
Lemur" (which is not a Lemur - since it's not even multitouch, which  
is *the* killer feature of the Lemur, nor does it come with the Lemur- 
included software, which is also a bit of work to assemble yourself,  
but that is another story) etc. but I think it's a bit arrogant to ask  
for all of this to be free for all. It's a bit like looking at a  
Pollock painting saying: "Eeaarggghch! *I* could have done that!"

Kai



On 28. Mar 08, at 17:17 , Jay Vaughan wrote:
>> cool, but do you really have to be assimilated into the collective to
>> use it?
>
>
> hope not.  i'm finding it harder and harder to jive with the hive
> these days, myself ..